to think there's just never enough hours in the day? anyone else feel similarly?

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I work ft, long-ish commute (bit over an hour each way). My life just feels like an endless treadmill...get up at 6ish, go to gym, then to work. Am there til 6-7, then home. Make myself dinner (normally a sandwich or beans on toast etc unless my teen DC haven't eaten in which case I try and make something more substantial for them) chat to DC. Put some washing on, flop in front of tv, am normally ready for bed by 10.30.

Weekends are busy too. Eow I spend the weekend at my bf (not sure he's quite able to be called DP yet), on the weekends I am at home it's gym/housework/laundry/stuff with DC on Sat, Suns more of the same til late afternoon when I go up to bf's house.

I just never seem to have any time. I rarely get a lunch hour as work is so busy, if I do it's spent running urgent errands. I've got loads of jobs I need to do at home but I can never get round to them. I thought once my DC were older I'd have more time (somehow!) but if anything I have less.

Is it just me? How do you make more time? I can't change my job or commute anytime soon, is there anything else I can do though?

Could you reduce your work hours slightly so you're doing say 30 hours over 5 days? Or is there any scope to move nearer to work to cut down your commute?

I know what you mean. I found a cleaner really helped. She does two hours on a Tuesday and I pay £20. But all the basics are done then and so weekends can just be about family time. and I no longer an begrudging of dh and his ability to not see the need for hoovering I have chosen to find that money from elsewhere (wine, takeaway coffee etc) as it helps so much.

I also make phone calls on my commute - means I can have a nice catchup with my mum or whoever without needing to book it into my evening. Hands free of course!